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Thursday, November 26 - 2009

Pyramedia finalizes preparations for Season Three of Prince of Poets to go live on air this Thursday

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, June 08 - 2009 at 15:45
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After weeks of preparation, Pyramedia productions is tying up all loose ends in anticipation for the first episode of season three of the hit classical poetry show Prince of Poets, set to air live from Al Raha Beach Theatre in Abu Dhabi Thursday night at 22:30 and will be aired on Abu Dhabi TV.

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  • Prince of Poets production operation.
    Prince of Poets production operation.
The stage is set, the cameras are ready and the 35 contestants have been chosen and are perfecting their poetry in the battle to be the winner of the knockout television competition.

Continuing on with the theme of presenting the cultural symbols of the UAE throughout their television productions, Pyramedia have turned the theatre at Al Raha Beach into a recreation of the Al Jahili Fort in Abu Dhabi. The Al Jahili Fort is one of the largest forts in the UAE, built in the 1890s by orders from Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.

For the first time on Prince of Poets, all ten weeks of the program will be filmed in High Definition with a 12-camera OB van broadcasting the live show to millions of viewers throughout the Arab World. This season, the 35 contestants from 18 countries will face new challenges from the five judges throughout the three stages of the competition in which each moment of anticipation will be broadcast for all to see.

Nashwa Al Ruwaini, CEO and Board Member of Pyramedia quotes:
"We are extremely excited about the production of yet another season of Prince of Poets, this year we are using state of the art technology to create one of the highest rated TV shows in the region and have developed the format to include lots of challenges for this year's poets!"


In the lighting, sound and production departments of Pyramedia, a team of hundreds from East and West work together to deliver one of the most highly anticipated shows of the summer on Abu Dhabi TV.

The dynamic sisters Nashwa and Mona Al Ruwaini head up the team as producers of the reality TV competition. As a successful media personality and CEO of Pyramedia, Nashwa has had more than 18 years of experience in television while Mona at age 25 is the youngest female producer in the Arab World.
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About Prince of Poets:
The Prince of Poets is a classical Arabic poetry TV competition broadcast on Abu Dhabi TV that was created in an effort to encourage Arab youth to excel in an artistic area that extends back to the Pre-Islamic era. The show, a knockout live TV competition sees 35 aspiring poets chosen by the celebrity panel of judges during the audition phase, compete on stage in front of a 2000 strong live theatre audience and millions of viewers at home for 10 weeks. Poets are judged by a mixture of the judging panel, live theatre audience voting and SMS voting. The winner of the competition at the end of the ten weeks receives the prestige title of 'The Prince of Poets' and a cash prize of 1 Million Dirhams.

Prince of Poets is produced by Pyramedia for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage and is held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE's Armed Forces.

Pyramedia is a Media production company based in Abu Dhabi with offices located in Dubai, Cairo, London, Bristol and New York. Pyramedia produces content for TV and has recently launched two new divisions, PyraMovies and PyraDocs to produce film and television content for international audiences.

For more information on Pyramedia productions, high resolution photos and interview requests, please contact:

Mira Nasser
Pyramedia
+9712 633 0334

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